Josef Reichert

Josef Reichert (12 December 1891-15 March 1970) was a Generalleutnant of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Josef Reichert was born on 12 December 1891 in Burgfeld, Bavaria, German Empire. He joined the Imperial German Army in 1910 and fought in World War I, during which he was awarded the Iron Cross in 1914. Reichert rose to the rank of Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, serving in Poland, Belgium, France, and Russia. On 1 March 1943 he was given command of the German 711th Infantry Division and led it in the Battle of Normandy against the Allied Powers, and at the end of the war he led his division in Operation Spring Awakening. He died in 1970 after the end of World War II.